Mother sentenced to 170 days in jail for hiding child from Children Services

2:25 AM,
Jun. 28, 2013

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A mother who took her 7-month-old baby and hid her from Licking County Children Services earlier this year faced a Licking County Juvenile Court judge Thursday to learn what her sentence would be.

Amanda Jordan, 25, pleaded no contest to one count of interference of custody, a first-degree misdemeanor, in April and was found guilty by Judge Robert Hoover.

Jordan originally had been scheduled to be sentenced June 6, but Probation Officer Candy Humphry contacted James Miller, the assistant Licking County prosecutor assigned to the case, and Erin McEnaney, Jordan's attorney, to continue ...